Buddhists Reject Peace Talk as Saigon Protests Escalate
In Saigon a Buddhist rally of about 10,000 denounced Ky regime while 2,000 to 9,000 protesters marched toward downtown. Marines used tear gas and fire from weapons to disperse the crowd after demonstrations turned hostile toward the government and America. Vietnam Premier Ky and rival Thi met at Chu Lai under U.S. auspices amid civic unrest and a cabinet crisis. Evacuation of Americans from Hue followed the library fire by Buddhist youths.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Chanh Thi
U.S
Buddhist Institute
Thi
Chu Lai
Hue
Viet Nam
U.S. Information Service
Gemini 9 launch postponed to next Wednesday
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP the Gemini 9 rendezvous and space walk flight was postponed one day to next Wednesday to give the Atlas target rocket team more time to prepare. Separate items note a Cedar Rapids girl burned to death, a Storm Lake manslaughter conviction, Iowa wage bill party split, and a California airman convicted by court martial for obscene calls using voiceprint testimony.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Spencer
Mary Ann McGowan
McGowan
Susan
Storm Lake
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
C. James C. Wright
Chicago
Iowa Lawmaker In Hit-and-Run Fatality
Des Moines state Rep. William P. Wilson pleaded guilty in a traffic death case and was sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 150 suspended and 30 days to be served starting June 6. He received a $500 fine and probation for 150 days.
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Des Moines
William P. Wilson
Cedar Falls
Harry Perkins
Polk County District Court
Wilson
Polk County Grand Jury
Co op buys 40 acres for Muscatine fertilizer warehouse
The Consumers Cooperative Association, based in Kansas City, agreed to purchase 40 acres on the Mississippi at Muscatine for a dry fertilizer warehouse. The site, north of the Thermice plant near Monsanto facilities, may later add storage tanks for anhydrous ammonia and refined fuels. The Muscatine facility will resemble Council Bluffs in size, storing about 25,000 tons.
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Co-op
Muscatine
Constuiners. Cooperative Association
Kansas City
Mississippi River
Thermice
Monsanto Company
CCA
Homer Young
Mississippi
Florida
Council Bluffs
Muscatine Development Corporation
Consumers Cooperative
Keokuk Armory Funds Approved After Blast
The federal government approved 103550 dollars to rebuild the National Guard armory in Keokuk Iowa shattered by a November blast at a square dance. Senator Jack Miller said state funds would add about 26000 dollars as aid. Twenty one people died and fifty two were injured in the gas leak caused explosion.
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Washington
National Guard
Keokuk
Iowa
Jack Miller
Memorial Day in Viet Nam Brings Few Ceremonies
In Saigon and An Khe memorial observances will be brief as U S forces fight in the jungles and rice paddies. The flag will fly at half staff until noon and noontime services will occur in tents and clearings. Army spokesmen say the hard working combat troops have little time for traditional Memorial Day observances.
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America
Viet Nam
Saigon
1St Cavalry
An Khe
U.S
J. G. Gessell
Rochester
Arrest California Man In Attack on Iowa Woman
Paul Smith, 31, of Hayward California, was ordered held on bonds totaling 326000 for robbery with aggravation and rape in the assault on Pauline Novotny, 37, in Swisher area. Arraignment postponed. defense appointed as police traced a rented car to Cedar Rapids.
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California
Iowa
Coralville
Paul Smith
Hayward
Calif
Swisher Area
L. G. Kline
A. C. Cahill
Smith
Kline
Cedar Rapids
Pauline Novotny
Taton
Amish School Teacher Won't Return After Flag Incident
Paul Potratz, a state certified teacher from Evansdale, said farewell to the parochial Amish school near Hazelton as he leaves for a teaching job in Illinois. The school, like another, had been taught by women with only sixth grade educations under a compromise with Amish parents and state law requiring certified teachers.
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Paul Potratz
Hazelton
Potratz
Evansdale
Ilinois
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Kathy Everts
University
House
John Hansen
H. R. Gross
Wright
Voiceprint Laboratories
Somerville
N.J
Lawrence G. Bersta
McKinney Thomas
Thomas
Iowa Supreme Court
Howard W. Brooks
Illinois
Earlville
Mendota
Meriden
Paw Paw
Triumph
Troy Grove
Utica
Welland
West Brooklyn
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Chasse
Long
Marquette
Marc B. Rottman
New York
George MacArthur
Korea
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